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Offline fdiron

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B17 air to air kills
« on: December 05, 2001, 08:22:00 PM »
I read somewhere (cant remember exactly where) that B17s killed more enemy aircraft than any other allied aircraft.  Has anyone heard anything like this before?  I do know for a fact that on one mission B17s gunners claimed 50 enemy aircraft shot down,but in reality only 3 german aircraft had been destroyed.
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Offline GRUNHERZ

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B17 air to air kills
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2001, 02:01:00 AM »
They overclaimed wildly. Im not sure of this 100% but I heard that on average they overclaimed by a factor of 20.

For example, once a single B17 raid claimed more LW fightes killed then existed in France at that time.
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Offline Soulyss

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« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2001, 09:38:00 PM »
I think they overclaiming was due to the fact that on a raid each B17 with 12 machine guns blazing away multiple b17's would score hits or believe they did and each gunner would claim a enemy craft destroyed.  ;)
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